Senior Account Executive

Job Description

Job Description

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Senior Account Executive

Virtual Peaker is looking for a Senior Account Executive that will help solve the climate crisis by supporting our mission of building the utility of the future. The intermittent nature of wind and solar energy makes it much harder for electric utilities to keep the grid in balance. Renewable energy is going to save humanity, and Virtual Peaker is part of the solution.

Job Description

The Senior Account Executive will play a hunter role that is responsible for revenue generation from new clients. This role will do so by initiating and completing the Virtual Peaker Goto market playbookincluding (but not limited to) prospecting, providing technology demos, collaborating and delivering proposals, and managing contract execution. This role will be specifically focused on large US-based utilities; typically those that are investor-owned. Key day-to-day activities include :

• Developing a comprehensive strategy to drive pipeline value within assigned territory
• Collaborate with marketing to develop a strategy for and ultimately attend relevant industry events and conferences
• Effectively run and execute a sales process in a long sales cycle environment - 6-18 months
• Develop a deep and meaningful understanding of the needs of a given utility through relationship development and effective sales tactics
• Understand the competitive landscape, and be able to effectively position Virtual Peaker as a best-in-class solution
• Keep strong records of interactions within VPs internal CRM system (run on HubSpot)
• Proposal writing support as needed, including responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs)

Education & Experience

An ideal candidate will have some combination of the following :

Nice to have :

What to expect

Interested?

Virtual Peaker is currently a small remote-first team tackling huge problems, and that means that everyone, from the interns on up, is critically important to our mission. If you want to be a bit player on a huge team thinking about micro-optimizations, this role is definitely not for you. If you want to take responsibility for changing the outcome of human civilization, we want to hear from you.

Competitive Salary

Benefits : stock options, generous 401k, remote-first stipend, and health, dental, and vision insurance.

Location : Remote